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HERBERT  D.  BROWN,  Chief 


LIST  OF  REFERENCES 


ON 


SCIENTIFIC  MANAGEMENT 

AS  THE  BASIS  OF  EFFICIENCY 

WITH  SPECIAL  REFERENCE  TO 
THE  GOVERNMENT  SERVICE 


Compiled  by 

H.  H.  B.  MEYER 

CHIEF  BIBLIOGRAPHER,  LIBRARY  OF  CONGRESS 


WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE 
1920 


UNITED  STATES  BUREAU  OF  EFFICIENCY 
HERBERT  D.  BROWN,  Chief 


LIST  OF  REFERENCES 

ON 

SCIENTIFIC  MANAGEMENT 

AS  THE  BASIS  OF  EFFICIENCY 

WITH  SPECIAL  REFERENCE  TO 
THE   GOVERNMENT  SERVICE 


Compiled  by 

H.  H.  B.  MEYER 

CHIEF  BIBLIOGRAPHER,  LIBRARY  OF  CONGRESS 


WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE 
1920 


PREFATORY  NOTE 

This  list  was  compiled  at  the  request  of  Mr.  Herbert  D.  Bro\\ 
Chief,  United  States  Bureau  of  Efficiency,  and  represents  a  selecti 
of  the  more  useful  books  and  articles  from  a  great  mass  of  literatu 
The  annotations  are  based  on  an  actual  examination  of  the  mater 
and  are  descriptive  of  intent  and  scope  rather  than  evaluatir 
Those  desiring  a  more  comprehensive  survey  of  the  literature  will  fi: 
it  in  Drury  (14)  or  Thompson  (41)  listed  below.  Mr  Thompson  h 
also  published  a  bibliography  with  the  title  "  Books  on  scienti 
management,"  with  evaluating  notes.  Those  interested  in  soi 
special  phase  or  application  of  the  subject  should  consult  the  ar 
lytical  index  at  the  end.  .  . 


BOOKS. 

1.  AMAH,  JULES.     The  physiology  of  industrial  organization  and  the 

reemployment  of  the  disabled.  Tr.  by  Bernard  Miall;  ed., 
with  notes  and  an  introduction,  by  Professor  A.  F.  Stanley 
Kent.  London,  The  Library  press  limited,  1918.  371  p. 

T58.A53 

Discusses  in  detail  the  physiological  basis  of  human  labor,  the  functions  of 
man,  psycho-physiology,  fatigue,  food,  drink,  training,  apprenticeship,  and 
the  reeducation  of  war  cripples,  functional  reeducation,  scientific  prothesis 
and  professional  reeducation.  Illustrations  of  modern  apparatus. 

2.  AMERICAN  ACADEMY  OF  POLITICAL  AND  SOCIAL  SCIENCE,  Philadel- 

phia. Personnel  and  employment  problems  in  industrial 
management  .  .  .  Editors  in  charge  of  this  volume,  Meyer 
Bloomfield  .  .  .  and  Joseph  H.  Willits  .  .  .  Philadelphia, 
The  American  academy  of  political  and  social  science,  1916. 
326  p.  (Its  Annals,  vol.  LXV,  whole  no.  154) 

Hi.  A4     vol.  65 
HF5549.A6 

Papers  on  personal  element,  employment  manager,  labor  turnover,  hiring 
and  discharge  of  employees,  mental  tests,  physical  examination,  interviewing 
employees,  instruction,  records  and  reports  of  work,  motion  study,  home 
conditions. 

3.  -  Stabilizing  industrial   employment;  reducing   the  labor 

turnover.  Editor  in  charge  of  this  volume,  Joseph  H.  Willits. 
Philadelphia,  The  American  academy  of  political  and  social 
science,  1917.  246  p.  (Its  Annals,  vol.  LXXI,  whole  no. 
160)  H1.A4  vol.  71 

HF5549.A7 

Devoted  to  labor  turnover  and  its  reduction,  cost  of  turnover,  standardiza- 
tion of  working  conditions,  medical  supervision,  factory  nurse,  absences, 
lateness,  employees  representation  on  managing  boards. 

3a.  ARNOLD,  JACOB  H.     Farm  management.     New  York,  The  Mac-    J 
millan  company,  1919.     243  p.  S561.A73 

" Literature  related  to  the  subjects  discussed,"  p.  24; 
"Books  on  farm  management  or  on  related  subjects":  p. 
242-243. 

An  attempt  to  show  that  a  farm  may  be  considered  an  organization  to  which 
the  principles  of  scientific  management  may  be  applied,  resulting  in  increased 
crops,  elimination  of  waste,  and  conservation  of  the  soil,  fertility  and  other 
resources. 

M196670  3 


.  ON   SCIENTIFIC   MANAGEMENT. 

4.  BLACKFORD,    Mrs.   KATHERINE  M.   H.   and  ARTHUR  NEWCOMB. 

The  job,  the  man,  the  boss.     Garden  City,  New  York,  Double- 
day,  Page  &  company,  1914.     266  p.  T58.B55 

Describes  the  Blackford  plan  of  employment,  which  seeks  to  place  the 
person  most  fit  to  perform  any  given  work.  Emphasizes  the  value  of  early 
vocational  guidance. 

4a.  BLOOMFIELD,  DANIEL,  ed.  Selected  articles  on  modern  industrial 
movements.  New  York  city,  The  H.  W.  Wilson  company, 
1919.  377  p.  (The  handbook  series) 

Bibliography:  p.  xi-xxii.  HD4851.B6 

Contains  a  Brie  for  scientific  management,  a  reprint  of  Judge  Brandeis* 
brief,  part  of  a  lecture  by  H.  S.  Person  giving  the  basic  principles,  plans  and 
policies,  range  of  app1  cation,  and  effect  on  production  and  distribution  and 
on  workmen.  Guild  socialism  is  discussed  by  G.  D.  H.  Cole,  and  there  is  a 
section  on  Management  sharing. 

4b.  BLOOMFIELD,  MEYER.  Labor  and  compensation.  New  York, 
Industrial  extension  institute  [1917].  445  p.  (Factory  man- 
agement course  and  service.  V.  7)  TS155.F48 

HF5549.B75 

A  detailed  summary  of  the  whole  question  as  it  relates  to  the  worker. 
Discusses  the  employment  department,  organizing  the  labor  supply,  analyz- 
ing the  job,  conditions  of  work,  selection  of  employees,  labor  turnover,  labor 
executive,  promotion,  transfer,  training,  group  insurance,  industrial  and 
social  insurance,  housing,  and  employment  forms. 

5.  Management  and  men;  a  record  of  new  steps  in  industrial 

relations.     New  York,  The  Century  co.,  1919.     591  p. 

HD8390.B55 

Devoted  to  a  discussion  of  methods  used  in  -industrial  trades  in  Great 
Britain  to  meet  conditions  created  by  the  war  necessitating  new  industrial 
relations.  Does  not  attempt  to  give  details  of  management,  but  shows  how 
the  problems  of  industry,  such  as  housing,  increased  output,  closer  relations 
between  employer  and  employee,  are  being  met  in  Great  Britain. 

V 6.  BRANDEIS,  Louis  D.  Scientific  management  and  railroads;  being 
part  of  a  brief  submitted  to  the  Interstate  commerce  com- 
mission. New  York,  The  Engineering  magazine,  1911.  92  p. 

HE1621.B8 

Discusses  the  influence  of  scientific  management  upon  the  public,  upon  the 
railroads  and  upon  the  employees,  relations  of  organized  labor. 

Mr.  Brandeis'  brief  gave  rise  to  considerable  periodical  literature  which  is 
carefully  reviewed  by  Mr.  C.  B.  Thompson  in  his  ''Theory  and  practice  of 
scientific  management,"  1917,  p.  220-229. 

7.  BRISCO,  NORRIS  A.  Economics  of  efficiency.  New  York,  The 
Macmillan  company,  1914.  385  p.  T58.B7 

"References"  at  end  of  each  chapter. 

A  general  treatise,  emphasizing  the  elimination  of  waste,  the  conservation  of 
workers,  and  the  relation  to  future  industrial  progress.  Discusses  the  relation 
of  management  to  the  plant,  organization,  coordination,  location  and  design 


REFERENCES   ON   SCIENTIFIC   MANAGEMENT.  5 

of  buildings,  saving  waste  products,  storage  of  materials;  also  the  relation  of 
management  to  labor,  loyalty,  incentive,  handling  men,  labor  turnover, 
promotion,  punctuality,  discipline.  Has  chapters  on  hiring  of  labor,  training, 
habits,  fatigue,  health  and  welfare  work,  accidents  and  fire  prevention,  wages, 
piece  rate  systems  and  relation  of  organized  labor  to  efficiency  methods. 

8.  CHURCH,  ALEXANDER  H.     The  science  and  practice  of  manage- 

ment. New  York,  The  Engineering  magazine  co.,  1914. 
535  p.  (Works  management  library)  TS155.C84 

Attempts  to  formulate  the  working  principles  of  scientific  management 
as  related  to 

(1)  The  systematic  accumulation  and  use  of  experience^ 

(2)  The  economic  control  (or  regulation)  of  effort; 

(3)  The  promotion  of  personal  effectiveness. 

Part  I  of  the  book  divides  the  organic  functions  of  manufacturing  into 
five  varieties,  Design,  Equipment,  Control,  Comparison,  Operation.  Form- 
ulates three  laws  of  effort  and  shows  how  they  are  applied  to  the  five  func- 
tions. Part  II  discusses  the  practical  organization  of  the  organic  functions. 
Has  appendix  on  Labor  question,  piece  work,  bonus  system. 

9.  COLVIN,  FRED  H.     Labor  turnover,  loyalty  and  output;  a  con- 

sideration of  the  trend  of  the  times  as  shown  by  the  results 
of  war  activities  in  the  machine  shops  and  elsewhere.  New 
York,  McGraw-Hill  book  company,  1919.  152  p. 

HF5549.C6 

Largely  devoted  to  the  reduction  of  labor  turnover,  workers  share  in  shop 
management,  interest  in  work  and  instruction  in  the  shop.  Has  chapters 
on  employment  manager  and  collective  bargaining. 

10.  COOKE,  MORRIS  L.     Academic  and  industrial  efficiency;  a  report 

to  the  Carnegie  foundation  for  the  advancement  of  teaching. 
New  York  city  [1910]  134  p.  (The  Carnegie  foundation 
for  the  advancement  of  teaching  .  .  .  Bulletin  no.  5) 

LB2334.C4  no.  5 
LA226.C73 

Report  of  a  critical  examination  of  the  physics  department  in  a  number  of 
universities  made  by  an  efficiency  expert.  Considers  organization,  economic 
use  of  buildings,  financial  administration,  ^etc.,  with  tables  and  diagrams. 

11.  DAY,  CHARLES.     Industrial  plants;  their  arrangement  and  con- 

struction. New  York,  The  Engineering  magazine,  1911. 
294  p.  (Works  management  library)  TS155.D3 

Devoted  largely  to  the  planning  and  construction  of  an  industrial  plant, 
installation  of  equipment,  commencement  of  operation,  routing,  and  value 
of  expert  engineering. 

12.  DICKSEE,  LAWRENCE  R.  and  HERBERT  E.  BLAIN.     Office  organi- 

zation and  management  including  secretarial  work.  London, 
Sir  I.  Pitman  &  sons,  ltd.,  1906.  298  p.  HF5547.D5 

Describes  English  practice  in  the  organization  of  a  business  office,  includ- 
ing personnel,  division  of  responsibility,  correspondence,  advertising,  stores, 
cost  accounts,  stock  taking,  business  law,  and  insurance, — and  includes 
forms. 


REFERENCES   ON   SCIENTIFIC   MANAGEMENT. 

DIEMER,  HUGO.  Factory  organization  and  administration. 
2d  ed.,  rev.  enl.  and  reset.  New  York,  McGraw-Hill  book 
company,  inc.,  1914.  378  p.  TS155.D5  1914 

"A  bibliography  of  works  management":  p.  356-370. 

One  of  the  important  books  on  the  application  of  scientific  management 
to  factories.  Discusses  factory  location,  planning  of  buildings,  organization 
and  departments,  employing  of  labor,  stores  and  stock,  shipping  and  receiv- 
ing, time  taking,  cost  accounting,  inventory,  inspection,  time  study,  wages, 
and  lastly  gives  a  bibliography. 

DRURY,  HORACE  B.  Scientific  management;  a  history  and 
criticism.  New  York,  Columbia  university,  1915.  222  p. 
(Studies  in  history,  economics  and  public  law,  ed.  by  the 
Faculty  of  political  science  of  Columbia  university,  vol. 
LXV,  no.  2:  whole  no.  157)  H31.C7  vol.  65,  no.  2 

T58.D7 

Part  1  is  a  history  of  scientific  management  with  some  account  of  the 
leaders  in  the  movement,  and  a  survey  of  the  principal  plants  in  which 
scientific  management  has  been  introduced.  Part  2  is  a  criticism  of  certain 
aspects  such  as  its  effect  on  output,  on  the  laborer,  on  the  relations  with 
organized  labor.  Has  chapter  on  the  humanizing  effect  including  pro- 
motion, and  wages. 

EASTMAN,  GEORGE  R.  Psychology  for  business  efficiency. 
Dayton,  O.,  The  Service  publishing  company  [1916]  265  p. 

BF56.E25 

Shows  the  relation  of  psychology  to  business,  the  value  of  a  knowledge  of 
mental  processes,  discusses  the  various  kinds  of  interest  one  must  strive 
to  attain,  and  methods  of  influencing  behavior.  Has  chapters  on  art  of 
memorizing,  on  fashion  and  fads,  on  solicitation,  temperamental  qualities, 
habit  and  adaptability. 

/-  16.  feiviERSON,  HARRINGTON.  Efficiency  as  a  basis  for  operation  and 
wages.  3d  ed.,  rev.  and  enl.  New  York,  The  Engineering 
magazine,  1912.  254  p.  (Works  management  library) 

HD31.E62 

No  less  in  importance  than  his  "Twelve  principles."  Discusses  exist- 
ing systems  of  management  in  comparison  with  scientific  management, 
organization  for  efficiency,  standards,  cost  accounting,  waste  location  and 
elimination,  bonus  system.  Lays  stress  on  the  human  element  in  the 
problem. 

L/    17.  —  The  twelve  principles  of  efficiency.     New  York,  The 

Engineering  magazine,  1912.     423  p.  T58.E4 

One  of  the  classics  of  the  subject,  admirable  to  begin  the  subject  with. 
The  twelve  principles  are,  1.  Clearly  defined  ideals,  2.  Common  sense,  3. 
Competent  counsel,  4.  Discipline,  5.  The  fair  deal,  6.  Satisfactory  records,. 
7.  Dispatchirg,  8.  Standards  and  schedules,  9.  Standardized  conditions, 
10.  Standardized  operations,  11.  Written  standard  practice  instruction,  12. 
Efficiency  reward.  Has  also  chapters  on  organization  for  efficiency,  elimi- 
nation of  waste  and  executive  control  of  line  and  staff. 


REFERENCES   ON   SCIENTIFIC    MANAGEMENT.  7 

18.  EVANS,  HOLDEN  A.     Cost  keeping  and  scientific  management. 

New  York,  McGraw-Hill  book  company,  1911.     252  p. 

HF5686.C8E8 

Chiefly  devoted  to  cost  accounts  and  their  influence  in  scientific  systems 
of  management.  Discusses  need  for  accuracy,  their  purpose,  distribution 
of  indirect  costs,  methods  of  paying  labor,  management,  waste  time  and 
time  studies,  and  machine  shop  methods. 

Shows  how  economics  were  effected  in  the  shops  of  a  navy  yard  by 
scientific  management  and  to  what  extent  scientific  management  may  be 
applied  by  a  manager  not  an  expert  in  scientific  management. 

19.  GALLOWAY,  LEE.     Office  management,  its  principles  and  prac- 

tice; covering  organization,  arrangement,  and  operation,  with 
special  consideration  of  the  employment,  training,  and  pay- 
ment of  office  workers.  New  York,  The  Ronald  press  com- 
pany, 1918.  701  p.  HF5547.G2 

Devoted  entirely  to  office  management.  Discusses  the  location,  layout, 
equipment,  handling  mail,  filing,  stenographic  work,  purchases,  stores,  sales- 
manship, advertising,  training  of  employees,  business  language,  wages, 
bonus  system,  and  vacations. 

20.  GANTT,  HENRY  L.     Industrial  leadership;  addresses  delivered  in 

the  Page  lecture  series,  1915,  before  the  Senior  class  of  the 
Sheffield  scientific  school,  Yale  university.  New  Haven,  Yale 
university  press,  1916.  128  p.  T58.G3 

This  is  one  of  the  important  books  on  the  subject,  but  not  so  readily  under- 
stood as  Taylor,  Gilbreth,  or  Emerson.  Discusses  the  qualification  for 
industrial  leadership,  the  training  of  workmen,  task  work,  and  production 
and  sales. 

20a.  -  Organizing  for  work.     New  York,  Harcourt,  Brace  and  */ 

Howe,  1919.     113  p.  HD2326.G3 

Discusses  the  industrial  problem  of  employer  and  employee,  and  the  place 
of  the  efficiency  engineer  in  its  solution.  Advocates  a  greater  democracV 
in  industrial  establishments  to  increase  productivity  rather  than  profits.  / 

21.  -  Work,  wages,  and  profits;  their  influence  on  the  cost  ^ 

of  living.  New  York,  The  Engineering  magazine,  1910. 
194  p.  (Works  management  library.)  HD4909.G3 

Largely  devoted  to  an  explanation  of  the  development  and  application  of 
the  "Gantt  bonus  plan"  based  on  the  standard  quantity  and  quality  of 
work  known  as  the  task.  Has  chapters  on  day  work,  piece  work  and  task 
work  with  a  bonus,  on  training  workmen  in  habits  of  industry  and  cooperation 
and  on  profits  and  their  influence  on  the  cost  of  living. 

22.  GILBRETH,    FRANK  B.     Primer   of   scientific  management  .  .  .  i^1 

with  an  introduction  by  Louis  D.  Brandeis.  New  York,  D. 
Van  Nostrand  company,  1912.  108  p.  T58.G6 

A  critical  and  analytical  discussion  in  elementary  terms  of  the  Taylor 
system.  It  defines  the  terms,  states  the  laws,  shows  the  effect  on  the  worker 
and  the  work. 


8  REFERENCES   ON   SCIENTIFIC   MANAGEMENT. 


;.  GILBRETH,  FRANK  B.,  and  LILLIAN  M.  GILBRETH.  Applied  mo- 
tion study;  a  collection  of  papers  on  the  efficient  method  to 
industrial  preparedness.  New  York,  Sturgis  &  Walton  com- 
pany, 1917.  220  p.  T58.G42 

Discusses  in  great  detail  the  need  of  motion  study  for  conserving  human 
energy  and  the  application  of  the  results  to  industrial  operations.  Special 
attention  to  motion  study  in  relation  to  the  crippled  soldier. 

'     24.  -  Fatigue  study,   the  elimination  of  humanity's 

greatest  unnecessary  waste;   a  first  step  in  motion  study. 
New  York,  Sturgis  &  Walton  company,  1916.     159  p. 

T58.G45 

Elementary  discussion  with  illustrations.  Shows  method  of  study  and 
survey  and  what  can  be  done  under  ordinary  conditions  and  how  to  intro- 
duce scientific  methods  of  elimination.  Has  chapter  on  reading  box  move- 
ment and  on  fatigue  museum. 

25.  GOLDMARK,  JOSEPHINE  C.     Fatigue  and  efficiency;  a  study  in 

industry.     New  York,  Charities  publication  committee,  1912. 
591  p.     (Russell  Sage  foundation  publication.)       HD5106.G7 

A  comprehensive  study  of  fatigue,  muscular  and  nervous.  Discusses  the 
causes  in  modern  industry,  speed,  complexity,  monotony,  noise,  piecework, 
and  over-time;  the  physiological  effects,  economic  aspects,  relations  to 
scientific  management.  Has  two  chapters  on  labor  laws.  The  second  part 
discusses  the  dangers  of  long  hours,  benefits  of  short  hours,  economic  aspect 
of  regulation  of  hours  of  labor,  advantages  of  uniformity  of  restriction. 

26.  HARTNESS,  JAMES.     The  human  factor  in  works  management. 

New  York,  McGraw-Hill  book  company,  1912.     159  p. 

T58.H3 

Chiefly  devoted  to  habit  and  its  influence  in  scientific  management, 
touches  on  influence  of  fatigue,  examples  drawn  from  machine  shop  ex- 
perience. 

/27.  HOXIE,   ROBERT  F.     Scientific  management   and  labor.     New 
York  and  London,  D.  Appleton  and  company,  1915.     302  p. 

T58.H63 

A  careful  and  impartial  study  of  the  relations  between  scientific  manage- 
ment and  organized  labor.  It  presents  both  sides  and  in  an  Appendix 
prints  the  claims  of  each  with  an  enumeration  of  the  vital  points  at  issue  and 
offers  a  questionnaire  for  detailed  investigation. 

27 a.  IOTEYKO,  JOSEFA.  The  science  of  labour  and  its  organization. 
London,  G.  Routledge  &  sons,  limited;  New  York,  E.  P. 
Button  &  co.,  1919.  199  p.  (Efficiency  books.)  T58.I6 
These  essays  which  appeared  originally  in  French  reviews  discuss  the 
economic  method  of  working  the  body,  industrial  fatigue,  scientific  manage- 
ment, aptitude,  food  and  work,  left-handedness,  and  Belgian  method  of 
technical  education. 


REFERENCES   ON   SCIENTIFIC    MANAGEMENT.  9 

/28.  JONES,  EDWARD  D.  The  administration  of  industrial  enterprises, 
with  special  reference  to  factory  practice.  New  York,  Long- 
mans, Green  and  co.,  1916.  442  p. 

Contains  bibliographies.  T56.J6 

Gives  a  complete  review  of  the  application  of  scientific  management  to  an 
industrial  enterprise,  the  location,  layout,  buildings,  power,  administrative 
organization,  works  manager,  employment  of  labor,  cost  accounting,  fatigue, 
wages,  and  wage  systems  of  Halsey,  Rowan,  Taylor,  Gantt  and  Emerson, 
welfare  work,  office,  stores,  selling,  advertising,  traffic,  and  audit  and  collec- 
tion. 

29.  JONES,  FRANKLIN  D.  and  EDWARD  K.  HAMMOND.     Shop  manage- 

ment and  systems;  a  treatise  on  the  organization  of  machine 
building  plants  and  the  systematic  methods  that  are  essential 
to  efficient  administration.  New  York,  The  Industrial  press, 
1918.  307  p.  TJ1135.J7 

Discusses  the  application  of  scientific  management  to  machine  building 
plants.  Gives  specific  examples  of  exact  working  details  with  abundant 
illustrations  and  forms.  Covers  methods  of  ordering  materials,  accounting  for 
materials  in  stock,  following  progress  of  work,  care  of  tools,  inspection  of 
products,  organization  of  assembling  department,  and  drafting  room  system. 

30.  KELLY,  ROY  W.     Hiring  the  worker.     New  York,  The  Engineer- 

ing magazine  co.,  1918.  250  p.  (Industrial  management 
library.)  HF5549.K35 

Deals  primarily  with  employment  of  workers,  employment  departments 
and  employment  manager,  selection  of  workers,  initiation  into  their  tasks, 
education,  transfer,  promotion  and  discharge.  Gives  specimen  blanks  and 
forms  used.  Discusses  labor  turnover  and  contains  a  bibliography  (p.  217- 
244). 

31.  KNOEPPEL,    CHARLES   E.     Installing   efficiency  methods.     New 

York,  The  Engineering  magazine,  1915.  258  p.  (Works  man- 
agement library.)  T58.K6 
Gives  an  example  of  methods  of  preliminary  study,  business  analysis, 
organization,  relation  of  the  efficiency  engineer,  the  management  and  the 
men.  Discusses  with  examples  time  study,  planning  department,  standard- 
izing working  conditions  and  operations,  and  bonus  plan  of  wage  payment. 
Has  chapters  on  efficiency  clearing  house,  and  manufacturing  costs. 

32.  LEE,  FREDERIC  S.     The  human  machine  and  industrial  efficiency./^     /£ 

New  York,  Longmans,  Green  and  co.,  1918.     119  p.      T58.L33 

A  very  valuable  study  of  industrial  physiology  covering  output,  fatigue, 
rest,  length  of  working  day,  maintenance  of  wrorking  power,  overtime,  labor 
turnover,  women,  night  work,  accidents,  industrial  medicine,  food,  physi- 
ological organization  of  work,  and  including  a  bibliography  (p.  105—113). 

33.  LEWIS,   ELIAS  ST.   ELMO.     Getting   the  most  out  of  business; 

observations  of  the  application  of  the  scientific  method  to 
business  practice.  5th  ed.  New  York,  The  Ronald  press 
company,  1916.  515  p.  HF5500.L4  1916 

179812°— 20 2 


10  REFERENCES    ON   SCIENTIFIC    MANAGEMENT. 

Discusses  in  popular  style  application  of  efficiency  methods  to  business. 
Has  good  chapters  on  loyalty,  methods  of  instruction,  salesmen,  cooperation 
as  opposed  to  one  man  rule,  discipline,  wages. 

34.  PARKHURST,  FREDERIC  A.     Applied  methods  of  scientific  man- 

agement. New  York,  J.  Wiley  &  sons,  1912.  325  p.  T58.P2 
Description  in  detail,  with  chart  of  organization,  of  the  application  ot 
scientific  management  to  a  concrete  example,  the  Ferracute  Machine  co., 
makers  of  presses  and  dies.  Includes  preliminary  investigation,  form  of 
organization,  discipline  of  the  departments,  duties  of  various  clerks,  routing 
system,  stores,  standardization  of  methods  and  tools,  with  example  of  course 
of  an  order  from  first  inquiry  to  final  shipment,  with  blanks  and  forms. 

35.  PATTISON,  J/rs.  MARY  S.  H.     Principles  of  domestic  engineering; 

or,  The  what,  why  and  how  of  a  home;  an  attempt  to  evolve 
a  solution  of  the  domestic  " labor  and  capital"  problem — to 
standardize  and  professionalize  housework — to  re-organize  the 
home  upon  "scientific  management"  principles — and  to  point 
out  the  importance  of  the  public  and  personal  element  therein, 
as  well  as  the  practical.  [New  York,  The  Trow  press,  1915] 
310  p.  TX145.P3 

Attemps  to  apply  scientific  management  to  the  home,  discusses  the  budget, 
servants,  laundry  work,  food,  system  in  the  home,  organization  of  the  family, 
domestic  independence,  hospitality,  exercise,  clothing,  beauty  in  home, 
education,  heating,  light,  ventilation,  water,  pests,  moral  standards. 

PEIRCE,  FREDERICK.  The  human  side  of  business.  Philadelphia, 
The  Investment  house  of  F.  Peirce  &  co.,  1917.  214  p. 

HF5438.P4 

Discusses  the  application  of  scientific  management  to  the  bond  business. 
Has  chapters  on  salesmanship,  employing  men,  training  men,  and  develop- 
ment of  business. 

SCOTT,  WALTER  D.  Increasing  human  efficiency  in  business;  a 
contribution  to  the  psychology  of  business.  New  York,  The 
Macmillan  company,  1911.  339  p.  HF5500.S4 

Discusses  the  various  means  of  increasing  human  efficiency  by  imitation, 
competition,  loyalty,  concentration,  wages,  pleasure,  sporting  spirit  or  love 
of  the  game,  relaxation,  speed  or  rate  of  improvement;  has  also  chapters 
on  judgment  and  habit  formation. 

fc/38.  TAYLOR,  FREDERICK  W.     Shop  management.     New  York  and 
London,  Harper  &  brothers,  1911.     207  p.  TS155.T26 

No  less  important  than  his  "Principles  of  scientific  management,"  and 
fundamental  to  the  understanding  of  the  subject  of  scientific  management. 
Develops  the  four  principles  (a)  A  large  daily  task,  (b)  Standard  conditions, 
(c)  High  pay  for  success,  (d)  Loss  in  case  of  failure.  Discusses  selection  of 
workmen,  their  training  and  development,  and  cooperation  between  manage- 
ment and  workmen. 


REFERENCES   ON   SCIENTIFIC    MANAGEMENT.  1.1 

39.  TAYLOR,  FREDERICK  W.      The  principles  of  scientific  manage- 

ment. New  York  and  London,  Harper  &  brothers,  1911. 
77  p.  T58.T3 

This  is  one  of  the  classics  of  scientific  management.  It  analyzes  the  previ- 
ously existing  conditions,  and  shows  the  interdependence  of  management 
and  worker,  and  how  to  substitute  scientific  management  for  older  types. 
Gives  some  actual  examples  in  outline  of  application  to  machine  shops. 

40.  THOMPSON,  CLARENCE  B.     The  Taylor  system  of  scientific  man- 

agement, ...  A  report,  in  manual  form,  on  the  accomplish- 
ments of  scientific  management,  supplemented  with  a  dis- 
cussion of  how  to  secure  some  of  the  most  important  of  these 
accomplishments.  Chicago,  A.  W.  Shaw  company  [1917]. 
175  p. 

Bibliography:  p.  171-175.  T58.T4     1917 

Report  based  on  an  examination  of  plants  in  twelve  states.  Attempts  to 
distinguish  between  the  Taylor  system  and  other  systems  of  scientific  man- 
agement. Describes  Taylor  system  from  actual  examples  with  photographic 
illustrations,  and  examples  of  instruction  cards,  identification  tags,  etc. 

41.  -  The    theory    and.    practice    of    scientific    management. 

Boston,  New  York,  Hough  ton  Mifnin  company  [1917].     319  p. 
Bibliography:  p.  271-308.  T58.T55 

Discusses  the  effect  on  employees,  on  the  public  and  on  organized  labor. 
Devotes  much  space  to  the  economic  aspects  of  scientific  management,  but 
its  most  valuable  feature  is  the  critical  discussion  of  the  literature  of  the  sub- 
ject and  extensive  bibliography  under  the  headings,  development  and 
theory,  in  operation,  applied  to  railroads,  methods,  personal  factor,  organized 
labor. 

42.  -  ed.     Scientific  management;  a  collection  of  the  more 

significant  articles  describing  the  Taylor  system  of  manage- 
ment. Cambridge,  Harvard  university  press,  1914.  878  p. 
(Harvard  business  studies,  v.  1)  T58.T5 

"Bibliography  of  scientific  management":  p.  861-878. 

Contains  papers  on  Unsystematized,  systematized,  and  scientific  manage- 
ment, Planning  department,  Foreman's  place,  Slide  rules  for  the  machine 
shop,  Tool  room,  Classification  and  symbolization,  Time  study,  Retailing, 
Railroads,  Piece  rate  system,  Wages  and  wage  systems,  Efficiency  engineer- 
ing, Taylor  system,  Women's  work,  and  the  Workman's  standpoint. 

43.  TIPPER,  HARRY.     The  new  business.     [Garden  City,  New  York] 

Pub.  by  Doubleday,  Page  &  company  for  the  Associated  ad- 
vertising clubs  of  the  world,  1914.  391  p.  HF5351.T5 
Devoted  largely  to  a  discussion  of  methods  of  marketing  manufactured 
products,  financial  control  of  marketing,  cost  of  marketing,  competitive 
selling,  advertising,  organization  for  marketing,  good-will,  buying  habits. 


12  REFEKENCES   ON   SCIENTIFIC   MANAGEMENT. 

44.  U.  S.     Congress.     House.     Committee  on  labor.     Investigation  of 

Taylor  system  of  shop  management.  Hearings  .  .  .  Sixty- 
second  Congress,  first  session,  on  House  resolution  90  ... 
Washington,  Govt.  print,  off.,  1911.  70  p.  T58.T4 

Gives  in  detail  the  attitude  of  labor  organizations,  and  includes  a  lengthy 
statement  of  Mr.  H.  F.  Stimpson  attempting  to  be  fair  to  both  sides  and  a 
reprint  of  some  of  his  articles. 

45.  —  " Taylor   system"    of   shop   manage- 

ment .  .  .  Report.     (To  accompany  H.  res.  90)     [Washing- 
.    ton,    Govt.    print,    off.,    1911]     12   p.      (62d   Cong.    1st   sess. 
House.  Kept.  52)  T58.T4     1911a 

This  report  recommends  that  the  resolution  authorizing  the  Committee 
on  Labor  to  investigate  the  Taylor  system  be  passed.  Reprints  Taylor's 
Shop  management. 

Special  committee  to  investigate  the  Taylor  and 

other  systems  of  shop  management.  The  Taylor  and  other  sys- 
tems of  shop  management.  Hearings  .  .  .  under  authority 
of  H.  res.  90  ...  [Oct.  4,  1911-Feb.  12,  1912]  Washington, 
Govt.  print,  off.,  1912.  3  v.  T58.  T4  1912 

William  B.  Wilson,  Chairman. 

These  hearings  offer  an  immense  mass  of  information  of  scientific  manage- 
ment from  every  point  of  view.  Includes  a  statement  by  Mr.  F.  W.  Taylor, 
v.  3,  p.  1377-1509.  There  is  only  a  name  index. 

47.  — • •    •     Committee  on  labor.     " Taylor  system''  of  shop 

management  .  .  .  Report.  (To  accompany  H.  R.  17800.) 
[Washington,  Govt.  print,  off.,  1914]  13  p.  (63d  Cong.,  2d 
sess.  House.  Rept.  1175)  T58.  T4  1914a 

Recommends  passage  of  bill  to  eliminate  stop  watch  and  premium  pay- 
ments in  government  shops. 

48.  •    The  stop  watch  and  bonus  system  in 

government  work.     Hearings  .  .  .  Sixty-third  Congress,  sec- 
ond session,  on  H.  R.  8662,  a  bill  to  prevent  the  use  of  the 
stop  watch  or  other  time-measuring  device  on  government 
work  and  the  payment  of  premium  or  bonus  to  government 
employees,  and  for  other  purposes.     April  17,  18,  and  20,  1914. 
Washington,  Govt.  print,  off.,  1914.     117  p.       T58.  U6     1914 

David  J.  Lewis,  Chairman. 

Contains  statements  of  representatives  of  labor  in  opposition  to  the  systems 
of  scientific  management  used  in  government  shops,  also  a  statement  of 
General  Crozier  relating  to  experiences  in  the  Watertown  Arsenal. 

49.  -  Methods    of    directing    the    work    of 

government  employees.  Hearings  before  the  Committee  on 
labor,  House  of  representatives,  Sixty-fourth  Congress,  first 
session,  on  H.  R.  8665,  a  bill  to  regulate  the  method  of  directing 


REFERENCES   ON   SCIENTIFIC   MANAGEMENT.  13 

the  work  of  government  employees.     March  30,  31,  April  1, 
and  4,  1916.     Washington,  Govt.  print,  off.,  1916.     368  p. 

T58.  U6     1916b 

Includes  statements  of  Mr.  Henry  R.  Towne,  Mr.  S.  E.  Thompson,  Mr. 
Henry  T.  Noyes,  Mr.  John  Dunlap,  and  other  engineers  and  manufacturers, 
also  of  General  Crozier,  and  representatives  of  employees  organizations,  the 
latter  pointing  out  certain  abuses  of  the  system.  Enumerates  objections  of 
union  labor  and  claims  of  scientific  managers. 

.50.  U.S.  Congress.  House.  Committee  on  labor.  Method  of  direct- 
ing the  work  of  government  employees  .  .  .  Report.  (To 
accompany  H.  R.  8665.)  [Washington,  Govt.  print,  off.,. 
1916]  47  p.  (64th  Cong.,  1st  sess.  House.  Kept.  698) 

T58.  U6     1916a 

This  report  favored  the  passage  of  the  bill  prohibiting  the  use  of  the  stop 
watch  in  making  time  studies  and  payment  of  bonus.  Includes  a  minority 
report  by  Mr.  E.  E.  Browne  adverse  to  the  provisions  of  the  bill  which  con- 
stitutes a  condensed  resume  of  the  subject  of  scientific  management. 

-51.  U.  S.  War  dept.  Time  study  and  premium  payments.  Letter 
from  the  secretary  of  war,  relative  to  a  provision  in  the  army 
appropriation  bill  against  time  study  and  premium  payments 
at  government  establishments  .  .  .  [Washington,  Govt.  print, 
off.,  1915]  64  p.  (63d  Cong.,  3d  sess.  Senate.  Doc.  800) 

T58.U6     1915 

This  document  is  made  up  of  detailed  statements  concerning  the  operations 
of  the  system  in  government  shops,  quotes  the  objections  of  labor  and  gives 
tables  of  the  premiums  earned. 

52.  -  Premium   payments   in   government   employ- 

ment. Letter  from  the  secretary  of  war,  submitting  informa- 
tion relative  to  time  studies  and  premium  payments  in  govern- 
ment employment  .  .  .  [Washington,  Govt.  print,  off.,  1916] 
4  p.  (64th  Cong.,  1st  sess.  House.  Doc.  1053)  T58.  U6  1916 
Commends  the  system  for  results  accomplished  and  asks  for  a  detailed 
investigation  of  the  Watertown  arsenal. 

52 a.  WEBER,  GUSTAVUS  A.  Organized  efforts  for  the  improvement 
of  methods  of  administration  in  the  United  States.  New 
York,  London,  D.  Appleton  and  company,  1919.  391  p. 
(Studies  in  administration.  The  institute  for  government 
research)  JK411.W4 

Describes  I,  the  various  agencies  for  investigating  governmental  offices  and 
activities  of  all  kinds;  II,  the  organs  of  central  administrative  control;  III, 
the  legislative  reference  and  bill  drafting  agencies. 


REFERENCES   ON   SCIENTIFIC    MANAGEMENT. 

ARTICLES  IN  PERIODICALS. 


53.  AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  MECHANICAL  ENGINEERS.  The  present 
state  of  the  art  of  industrial  management.  Majority  and 
minority  reports  of  the  Subcommittee  on  administration, 
with  discussion.  (In  its  Transactions,  1912,  v.  34.  New 
York,  1913.  p.  1131-1229.)  TJl.A7,v.  34 

For  additional  discussion  of  the  reports  see  Journal  of  the  Society,  May 
1913,  v.  35:  871-877. 

The  reports  are  also  reprinted  in  Journal  of  the  Society,  Nov.  1912,  v.  34: 
1601-1622.  TJ1.  A72,  v.  34 

A  careful  analysis  of  the  development,  and  application  of  scientific  man- 
agement, with  attempts  at  a  definition  (p.  1138-9). 

'54.  BREWER,  CHARLES  B.     Economy  and  efficiency  in  the  govern- 
ment.    North  American  review,  Mar.,  1912,  v.  195:  368-380. 

AP2.  N7,  v.  195 

A  discussion  of  economy  and  efficiency  in  the  following  executive  depart- 
ments: Treasury,  Post-office,  War,  Navy  and  Agriculture. 

55. Scientific  management  in  the  army  and  navy.     World's 

work,  Jan.,  1912,  v.  23:  311-317.  AP2.W8,v.23 

Shows  how  the  introduction  of  scientific  management  improved  conditions 
at  Mare  Island,  raised  the  markmanship  and  coaling  records,  and  effected 
big  saving  at  the  Watertown  arsenal. 

BUREAU  OF  MUNICIPAL  RESEARCH,  New  York.  A  national  pro- 
gram to  improve  methods  of  government.  Its  Municipal 
research,  >larch,  1916,  no.  71.  JS39.M7,  no.  71 

Discusses  especially  the  relation  of  an  administrative  survey  to  efficiency 
and  advocates  a  staff  specialized  in  the  professional  side  of  government 
administration . 

*  57.  CLEVELAND,  FREDERICK  A.  The  application  of  scientific  man- 
agement to  the  activities  of  state  and  municipal  government. 
Engineering  record,  Dec.  2,  1911,  v.  64:  653-655. 

TA1.E62,  v.  64 

Outlines  the  manner  in  which  the  principles  of  scientific  management 
may  be  applied. 

*•  58. The  causes  of  waste  and  inefficiency  in  national  govern- 
ment. American  review  of  reviews,  Apr.,  1912,  v.  45:  466-471. 

AP2.R4,  v.  45 

A  general  discussion  of  the  causes  of  waste  and  inefficiency,  and  especially 
lack  of  organization  and  efficient  personnel. 

y  59.  COOKE,  MORRIS  L.  Scientific  management  of  the  public  busi- 
ness. American  political  science  review,  Aug.,  1915,  v.  9: 
488-495.  JA1.A6,  v.  9t 

Urges  the  application  of  scientific  management  principles  to  federal ,. 
state  and  municipal  government. 


REFERENCES   ON   SCIENTIFIC    MANAGEMENT.  15 

•60.  COOKE,  MORRIS  L.  Spirit  and  social  significance  of  scientific 
management.  Journal  of  political  economy,  June,  1913,  v. 
21:  481-493.  HB1.J7,  v.  21 

Argues  that  the  development  of  scientific  management  is  attainable  only 
through  a  course  of  individual  and  collective  discipline. 

61.  COULSON,  R.  E.  Are  $300,000,000  worth  saving?  The  oppor- 
tunity and  the  work  done  by  the  Economy  and  efficiency 
commission  at  Washington.  System,  Apr.,  1913,  v.  23: 
363-371.  HF5001.S9,  v.  23 

Describes  the  valuable  work  performed  by  the  Commission  tending  toward 
efficiency  in  the  government  departments. 

62.—  The    high    cost    of    government.     System,    May,    1913, 

v.  23:  481-489.  HF5001.S9,  v.  23 

Describes  the  work  done  by  the  Economy  and  efficiency  commission  to 
effect  better  organization  of  the  government  departments. 

63.  CROZIER,     WILLIAM.     Scientific     management    in     government 

establishments.  Society  to  promote  scientific  management. 
Bulletin,  Oct.,  1915,  v.  1,  no.  5:  1-8. 

Describes  the  attempts  to  introduce  scientific  management  methods  into 
.  the  arsenals. 

64.  DRURY,  HORACE  B.     Democracy  as  a  factor  in  industrial  effi- 

ciency. American  academy  of  political  and  social  science. 
Annals,  May,  1916,  v.  65:  15-27.  H1.A4,  v.  65 

Outlines  the  principles  that  make  for  the  efficiency  of  democracy. 

65.  DUN  A  WAY,  JOHN  A.     Some  efficiency  methods  of  city  adminis- 

tration.  American  academy  of  political  and  social  science. 
Annals,  Mar.,  1916,  v.  64:  89-102.  H1.A4,  v.  64 

Describes  a  few  up-to-date  methods  already  in  use  in  the  city  government 
of  Philadelphia,  which,  in  results  accomplished,  point  toward  efficiency. 

66.  EMERSON,  GUY  C.     Scientific  management  in  the  public  works 

of  cities.  National  municipal  review,  Oct.,  1913,  v.  2:  571- 
582.  JS39.N3,  v.  2 

An  analysis  of  the  difficulties  to  be  overcome  in  the  application  of  the  prin- 
ciples of  scientific  management  to  the  conduct  of  municipal  government. 
Argues  that  while  the  system  has  proved  successful  in  industrial  and  com- 
mercial enterprises,  it  has  not  been  accepted  in  its  entirety  by  city 
officials,  yet  material  progress  has  been  made  in  that  direction. 

67.  FEISS,    RICHARD    A.     Scientific    management    applied    to    the 

steadying  of  employment,  and  its  effect  in  an  industrial 
establishment.  American  academy  of  political  and  social 
science.  Annals,  Sept.,  1915,  v.  61:  103-111.  H1.A4,  v.  61 

Argues  for  an  employment  department  in  an  industry,  and  shows  the  advan- 
tages of  scientific  employment  of  workers. 


16  REFERENCES   ON   SCIENTIFIC   MANAGEMENT. 

•08.  GEORGE,  RALPH  E.  Increased  efficiency  as  a  result  of  increased 
governmental  functions.  American  academy  of  political  and 
social  science.  Annals,  Mar.,  1916,  v.  64:  77-88.  H1.A4,  v.  64 

Shows  that  the  adoption  of  the  principles  of  scientific  management  is  as 
necessary  to  effectiveness  in  government  management  as  to  private  enter- 
prises. 

69.  GILBRETH,  FRANK  B.,  and  L.  M.  GILBRETH.  What  scientific 
management  means  to  America's  industrial  position.  Amer- 
ican academy  of  political  and  social  science.  Annals,  Sept., 
1915,  v.  61 :  208-216.  H1.A4,  v.  61 

j  Shows  how  scientific  management  aids  in  the  elimination  of  waste  and  in 

/  the  promotion  of  industrial  conservation. 

/ 

/70.  LOWELL,  A.  L.  Expert  administration  in  popular  government. 
American  political  science  review,  Feb.,  1913,  v.  7:  45-62. 

JA1.A6,  v.  7 

Argues  that- expert  knowledge  in  the  sphere  of  governmental  action,  as  well 
as  in  private  industries,  tends  toward  efficiency. 

71.  MEYERS,  G.  J.     The  science  of  management.     American  society 

of  naval  engineers.     Journal,  Nov.,  1911,  v.  23:  994-1015. 

VM1.A5,  v.  2S 

Argues  that  management  has  its  laws,  the  following  of  which  tends  toward 
success.  Attempts  to  formulate  laws  of  management,  and  follows  each  law 
by  a  brief  statement  of  the  reasons  for  it,  and  the  methods  of  its  application. 

72.  MORSE,    P.     Managing    the    government    on    a   business    basis. 

Forum,  Dec.,  1915,  v.  56:  705-714.  AP2.F8,  v.  56 

Criticises  the  lack  of  organization  of  the  various  departments. 

73.  PORTER,  HARRY  F.     Cost  keeping  the  basis  of  prosperity.     Engi- 

neering magazine,  June,  1916,  v.  51 :  325-332.     TA1.E59,  v.  51 

A  discussion  of  the  notable  work  of  the  Federal  trade  commission. 

- 

POWER,  LE  GRAND.  The  effect  of  governmental  efficiency  upon 
efficiency  in  industry.  Efficiency  society,  New  York,  Journal, 
July,  1913,  v.  3:  39-47. 

A  discussion  of  governmental  accounting  and  the  importance  of  efficiency 
that  will  be  beneficial  to  the  masses. 

75.  REDFIELD,  WILLIAM  C.  The  moral  value  of  scientific  manage- 
ment. Atlantic  monthly,  Sept.,  1912,  v.  110:  411-417. 

AP2.A8,  v.  110 

Deals  more  especially  with  the  human  side  of  management.  Argues  that 
the  principles  of  scientific  management  should  not  be  confined  to  the  office 
and  equipment  alone,  but  should  be  applied  to  the  individual  workers  as 
well. 


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76.  RIEGEL,  JOHX  W.     National  welfare  through  standardized  reports 

of  industrial  experience.  American  academy  of  political  and 
social  science.  Annals,  Mar.,  1919,  v.  82:  253-262: 

H1.A4,  v.  82 

Mentions  several  industries  in  which  standardized  uniform  record  systems 
have  been  introduced  and  points  out  the  advantages  of  same. 

77.  ROSSITER,  WILLIAM  S.     Present  status  of  statistical  work  and 

how  it  needs  to  be  developed  in  the  service  of  the  Federal 
government.  American  statistical  association.  Publications, 
June,  1914,  v.  14:  85-96.  HA1.A6,  v.  14 

Analyzes  the  statistical  work  of  the  various  government  departments,  and 
argues  that  efficiency  methods  should  be  used  to  overcome  wastefulness  and 
duplication. 

78.  TARDY,  W.  B.     A  plea  for  a  standard  organization  of  the  engineer 

division  aboard  ship,  and  for  a  uniform  method  of  management 
of  the  engineer  department  with  a  section  devoted  to  the  appli- 
cation of  scientific  management.  American  society  of  naval 
engineers.  Journal,  Aug.,  1911,  v.  23:  681-717. 

VM1.A5,  v.  23 

Describes  the  methods  for  the  standardization  of  the  engineer  department 
aboard  ship,  and  discusses  the  administration  of  the  department  under  the 
system  of  scientific  management.  Deals  with  uniformity  in  carrying  out  the 
work,  reporting  defects,  method  of  making  reports,  distribution  of  work, 
executive  orders,  records,  estimating  time,  standard  times,  military  efficiency, 
and  saving  through  co-ordination  of  ship  and  navy  yards. 

79.  TAYLOR,  FREDERICK  WINSLOW.     The  principles  of  scientific  man- 

agement.    Applied  science,  Jan.,  1913,  v.  25:  76-82. 
A  good  explanation  of  the  principles  of  scientific  management. 

80.  THOMPSON,   CLARENCE  B.    .Scientific  management  in  practice. 

Quarterly  journal  of  economics,  Feb.,  1915,  v.  29:  262-307. 

HB1.Q3,  v.  29 

An  analysis  of  some  of  the  most  obvious  principles  underlying  scientific 
management,  and  a  good  description  of  the  general  working  of  the  system  in 
its  various  applications. 

81.  WADE,  HERBERT  T.    The  National  bureau  of  standards  and  stand- 

ards for  public  utilities.  Engineering  magazine,  May,  1915, 
v.  49:  240-251.  TA1.E59,  v.  49 

Describes  the  work  of  the  Bureau  of  standards  recently  inaugurated  involv- 
ing the  determination  of  standards  of  service  for  public  utilities. 

82.  WEBSTER,  N.  E.,  and  others.     Primer  on  cost  keeping  in  govern- 

ment work.  Government  accountant,  Aug.,  1908,  v.  2:  148- 
167.  HJ9701.G7,  v.  2 

Outlines  a  system  of  cost  accounting  for  government  work. 


INDEX. 


Absences 3 

Academic  efficiency 10 

Accident  prevention 7 

Accidents 32 

Accounting,  governmental 74 

Adaptability 15 

Advertising 12, 19.  28,  43 

Apparatus    for    reeducation    of    war 

cripples 1 

Apprenticeship 1 

Army,  United  States 55 

Arsenals,  United  States 63 

See  also  Watertown,  Mass. 
Assembling     department,     organiza- 
tion of 29 

Audit  and  collection 28 

Behavior,  influencing 15 

Belgian  method  of  technical  educa- 
tion    27a 

Bibliography   3a,  4a,  7,  13,  28,  30,  32,  41,  42 

Bill-drafting  services 52a 

Blackford  plan 4 

Body,  working  the 27a 

Bond  business 36 

Bonus  system 8, 16, 19,  21,  28,  31 

Governmental  work 44-52 

Brief 4a 

Buildings 7,  28 

Universities,  economic  use  of...     10 
See  also  Plants,  industrial. 

Bureau  of  Standards,  U.  S 81 

Business 12, 15, 16, 19,  33,  36,  37,  43 

Analysis 31 

Development 36 

Forms 12 

Language 19 

Law 12 

Psychology 37 

Buying  habits 43 

Classification 42 

Clearing  house,  efficiency 31 

Collective  bargaining 9 

Collection 28 

Collegiate  efficiency 10 

Common  sense . .  17 


Comparison  of  methods S 

Competition 37 

Complexity  of  work 25- 

Concentration 37 

Conservation  of  human  energy 23,  24 

Conservation  of  workers 7,  69 

Control  of  line  and  staff,  executive. .     .17 

Control  of  operations 8 

Cooperation 4a,  21,  33,  38 

Correspondence 12: 

Cost  accounting 12, 

13, 16, 18,28,  31,  73,  82: 

Counsel,  competent 17 

Crippled  soldier,  motion  study 23 

Daily  task 38 

Day  work 21 

Democracy,  efficiency  in 64r 

Democracy  in  industrial  establish- 
ments   20a 

See  also  Labor  representation. 

Design  of  plants 8, 11, 13 

Discharging  workers 2,  30 

Discipline 7, 17,  33,  34,  60 

Dispatching 17 

Drafting-room  system 29 

Domestic  engineering 35 

Drink 1 

Duties  of  clerks 34 

Economic  aspects 41 

Education.     See  Training. 

Efficiency  engineer 20a 

Efficiency  engineering 31,  42 

Effort,  economic  control 8 

Laws  of 8 

Emerson  wage  system 16, 17,  28 

Employees,  effect  on 4a,  14,  41,  42,  67 

Employer  and   employee,  relations.     5, 

8,  20a,  38 

Employment  department 4b,  30,  67 

Employment  management 19,  30' 

Employment  manager 2,  4b,  9,  30 

Equipment  of  office 19 

Equipment  of  plant 8, 11 

Executive  control 17 

Experience,  accumulation  and  use  of.      & 

19 


20 


INDEX. 


Page. 
Experts 70 

Factory  management 4a,  8, 11, 13, 

14, 16, -18,  20a,  27,  28,  29,  31,  34 

Taylor  system 38-40r  42 

Investigation 44,  52 

Factory  organization 13 

Factory  nurse 3 

Fads 15 

Fair  deal 17 

Farm  management 3a 

Fashion  and  fads 15 

Fatigue 1,  4b,  7,  24,  25,  26,  27a,  28,  32 

Fatigue  museum 24 

Federal  government 54, 

58,  59,  61,  62,  63,  72,  73,  77,  81 

Accounting 74 

Agencies  for  investigating, 

official 52a 

Bonus  system 44-52 

Cost-keeping 82 

Stop-watch  system 44-52 

Federal  trade  commission 73 

Ferracute  Machine  Co 34 

Filing 19 

Fire  prevention 7 

Food 1,  32,  35 

Foreman's  place 42 

Forms 4b,  12,  29,  30,  34,  40 

Functions  of  man 1 

Gantt  wage  system 20,  21,  28 

Good-will 43 

Government  administration 52a, 

56,  68,  70 

See  also  Federal  government; 
Municipal  government;  State 
government. 

Guild  socialism 4a 

Habits 7, 15,  26,  37, 43 

Halsey  wage  system 28 

Handling  men 7 

Health 7 

High  pay  for  success 38 

Hiring  of  labor 2,  7, 13,  28,  30,  36 

History 14,  53 

Home 35 

Home  conditions 2 

Hours 32 

Regulation  of 25 

Long,  dangers  of 25 

Short,  benefits  of 25 

Housing 4b,  5 

Human  element 4b,  16,  26,  37,  75 

Human  energy,  conservation  of 23, 24 


Page. 

Human  motor 27a 

Humanizing  effect  of  scientific  man- 
agement       14 

Ideals,  clearly  denned 17 

Idleness 20a 

Imitation 37 

Incentive 7 

Industrial  leadership 20 

Industrial  meth  ods,  G  reat  Britain  —      5 
Initiation  into  tasks 30 

See  also  Instruction;  Training. 

Inspection  of  products 13,  29 

Installing  efficiency  methods 31,  39 

Instruc  tion 2,  9,  33 

See  also  Training. 

Insurance 4b,  12 

Interest  in  work 9 

Interviewing  employees 2 

Inventory 13 

See  also  Stock  taking. 

Judgment 37 

Labor   represencation   in   regulation 

of  industry 3,  4a,  5,  20a 

Labor  supply 4b 

Labor  turnover 2,  3,  4b,  7,  9,  30,  32 

Lateness 3 

Law,  business 12 

Laws,  labor 25 

Scientific  managemen  t 71 

Taylor  system 22 

Layout  of  plant 28 

Leaders  in  movement 14 

Lefthandedne?s 27a 

Legislative  reference  services 52a 

Location  of  office 19 

Location  of  plant 13,  28 

Loss  in  case  of  failure 38 

Love  of  the  game 37 

Loyalty 7,9,33,37 

Machine  building  plants 28 

Machine  shop  practice 18,  26,  39 

Mail,  handling 19 

Management,  relation  to  plant 7 

Relation  to  labor 7 

Manufacturing  costs: 

See  Cost  accounting. 

Marketing 43 

Materials,  in  stock 29 

Ordering 29 

Storage 7 

Medical  supervision 3 

Medicine,  industrial 32 

Memorizing,  art  of , 15 

Mental  tests..  2 


INDEX. 


21 


Page. 

Methods,  bibliography 41 

Monotony  of  work 25 

Moral  standards 35,  75 

Motion  study 2,  23,  24 

See  also  Time  study. 

Municipal  government 58,  59,  65,  66 

Administrative  control 52a 

Agencies  for  investigating,  offi- 
cial and  unofficial 52a 

Muscular  fatigue 25 

See  also  Fatigue. 

Naval  vessels 78 

Navy,  United  States 55,  78 

Navy  yards 18,  78 

Nervous  fatigue 25 

See  also  Fatigue. 

Night  work 32 

Noise 25 

Office  management 12, 19 

Office  o  rganization 12, 19,  28 

Operation 8, 11 

Ordering  material 29 

Organization 8, 16, 17,  28,  31,  34 

Office 12,19,28 

Organization  for  marketing 43 

Organization  of  family 35 

Organized  labor,  relation  to  scientific 
management. . .  6,  7, 14,  27,  41,  48,  49,  51 

Bibliography 41 

Output 5,  9, 14,  32 

Overtime 25,  32 

Personal  factor 8 

Bibliography 41 

Personnel 2, 12 

Physical  examination 2 

Physiological  basis 1- 

Physiological  organization  of  work . .     32 

Physiology,  industrial 32 

Piece-rate  system 7,  8,  21,  25,  42 

Placement 4 

Planning  department s. 31,  42 

Plants,  industrial: 

Design 8,11,13 

Equipment 8, 11 

Layout 28 

Location 13,  28 

Scientifically  managed 14 

Pleasure 37 

Power 28 

Practice 14,  80 

Premium    system.     See   Bonus  sys- 
tem. 


Page. 

Premiums    paid     Government    em- 
ployees, tables 51 

Primer 22 

Principles 17,  79,  80 

Production 20,20a 

Profits 21 

Promotion 4b,  7, 14,  30 

Psychology,  relation  to  business. . .  15,  37 

Psycho-physiology 1 

Public,  effect  on 41 

Public  utilities,  standards  of  service .     81 

Punctuality 7 

Purchases 19 

Quantity  and  quality  of  work 21 

Railroads 6,  42 

Bibliography 41 

Reading  box  movement 24 

Records 2, 17,  20a,  76 

See  also  Forms. 
Reeducation,  functional 1 

Professional 1 

War  cripples 1 

Relaxation 37 

Reports  of  work 2 

See  also  Records. 

Representation  of  labor  on  manage- 
rial boards 3,  4a,  5,  20a 

Responsibility,  division  of 12 

Rest 32 

See  also  Fatigue. 

Retailing : 42 

Reward,  efficiency 17 

See  also  Bonus  system. 

Routing  system 11,  34 

Rowan  wage  system 28 

Sales. 20 

Salesmanship 19,  33,  36 

Schedules 17 

Scientific  prothesis 1 

Secretarial  work 12 

Selection  of  workmen.     See  Hiring  of 
labor. 

Selling 28,  43 

Shipping  and  receiving 13 

Ships 78 

Shop  stewards 4a 

Slide  rules 42 

Social  significance 60 

Solicitation 15 

Speed 25,  37 

Spirit 60 

Sporting  spirit 37 


INDEX. 


Standard  practice  instruction 17 

Standardization  of  tools 34 

Standardized  conditions 3, 17,  31,  38 

Standardized  operations 17,  31,  34 

Standardized  uniform  record  systems    76 

Standards 16, 17 

State  government 57,  59 

Administrative  control 52a 

Agencies  for  investigating,  offi- 
cial and  unofficial 52a 

Stenographic  work 19 

Stewards,  shop 4a 

Stock 13 

See  also  Stores. 
Stock  taking 12 

See  also  Inventory. 

Stop-watch  system 44-52 

Storage  of  materials 7 

Stores 12, 13, 19,  28,  34 

Symbolization 42 

Tardiness 3 

Task  work , 20,  21 

Taylor  system  ...  22,  27a,  28,  38,  39,  40,  42 

Investigation  of 44-48,  51 

Team  work 4b 

Technical  education,  Belgium 27a 

Temperamental  qualities 15 

Time  study 4a, 

13,  18,  22-24,  31,  42,  47-52,  69 

Time  taking 13 

Toolroom..  42 


Page. 
Tools,  care  of 29 

Standardization  of 34 

Traffic 28 

Training  of  workers 1, 

4b,  7, 19,  20,  21,  30,  35,  36,  38 

Transfer  of  workers 4b,  30 

Turnover.     See  Labor  turnover. 

Twelve  principles 17 

United  States  government.  See 
Army;  Arsenals;  Federal  govern- 
ment; Navy. 

Universities,  efficiency  in 10 

Vacations 19 

Vocational  guidance,  value  of 4 

Wages  ...  4a,  7, 13, 14, 18, 19,  28,  33,  37,  42 
See   also   Bonus   system;  Piece- 
rate  system. 

War  cripples,  reeducation 1 

Waste,  elimination  of 3a,  7, 16, 17,  69 

Waste  location 16 

Waste  products,  saving 7 

Waste  time 18 

Watertown  (Mass.)  Arsenal..  48,51,52,55 

Welfare  work 7,  28 

Women's  work 27a,  32,  42 

Workers  share  in  shop  management. .       9 
See  also  Representation  of  labor 

on  managerial  boards. 
Working  power,  maintenance  of.  27a,  32 

Working  principles 8 

Works  manager 28 


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